Improvement in hopper water-closets



J. DBMARBST. HopperlWaterfCloset.

No. 221,217. Patented N0v.`4,1s79.

` J0@ @ma/zw( NA PETERS. PHOTO-UTHOGHAPHER. wABmNGTONrbcT NTTED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

' JOHN DEMAREST, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO -THE J. L. MOTT IRON WORKS OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT l HOPPER WA't'ER-CLOSETS.

Specitication forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,217, dated November 4, 1879; application filed l July 30, 1879. A

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN DEMAREsT, of

. the city and State of New York, have invente'd an Improvement in HopperWater-Glosets, of which the following is a specification.

Hopper water-olosests have been made with an inward iiange at the upper end, upon which the movable seat has rested, and in some instances a wooden rim has been screwed to said.

opening between the lower edgeof this lusl1.

ing-rim and the inner surface of the closethopper.

My invention is made for dispensing with the ordinary seat, lessening the expense of the l closet, and rendering the same stronger and more cleanly.

I combine a metallic seat with the flushingrim and secure the same to the upper end of the hopper-closet. By this.construction the hopper andv seat are permanently connected, so as to dispense with the ordinary wooden seats, and rendering the closet indestructible, whereby it may be used in prisons, public institutions, and other places where the Awooden seats are often desi gnedly broken.

In the` drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of the hopper-closet, and Fig'. 2 is an inverted plan of the seat and iushing-ring.

The hopper a is of any usual size or shape. The top ange, b, projects inwardly, and upon this rests the meta-l seat c, that ts the outside of the hopper and has the required opening in it, the upper surface being beveled down wardly, so as to form a seat and cause any water that falls upon the surface to drip'trom its edge and run directly into the hopper.

Tile flushing-rim t' is upon the under surface of the seat-ring, and extends downwardly to near the innerV surface of hopper, leaving a space for the water to issue, such water being supplied into the annular space that there is p between the flushing-rim and the hopper and flange.

The hopperseat and flushing-rim may be wholly or partially enameled or painted.

I do not claim a flushing-rim with a plate above it having a downward iiange, as this has been used; but the top of the plate being fiat and having an angular edge was not adapted to use as a seat.

` I am also aware that earthen basins have ben made with a hollow flushing-rim all in one piece with the rest of thev basin. `This form is difficult to make in metal, and the hollow dashing-rim cannot be properly linislled on the inside unless the flange is separate from the basin.

' I claim as my invention- The combination, with a hopper water-closet, ot a metallic separate plate, c, the surface of Awhich is beveled downwardly and forms a seat, and the llushing rim upon the under side ot' 'such plate c extending downwardly to near the inner surface of the hopper, as and for the purposes specilied.

Signed by me this 26th day ot' July, A. D. 1879.

Y JOHN DEMnREsT.

Y Witnesses:

AUGUSTUS W. MoTT, GEO. G. GoELLER. 

